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Mars Endurance Racing, 10 (or more) reasons why Oppy is like Le Mans
DEChengst
post Jun 18 2006, 07:20 PM
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After watching the Le Mans 24 hours race today, dotdk and I came to the conclusion that Oppy is a lot like racing at Le Mans:
  • She drives at high speeds at first.
  • She stands still for a long time while engineers figure out what to do.
  • They change the drivers on Oppy.


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- DEChengst   Mars Endurance Racing   Jun 18 2006, 07:20 PM
- - dot.dk   Let me add: She makes several (sand) pit stops S...   Jun 18 2006, 07:31 PM
- - djellison   Don't talk about Le Mans....I am a fan of Radi...   Jun 18 2006, 08:02 PM
|- - tedstryk   Not sure what Le Mans is...NASCAR is the only kind...   Jun 18 2006, 08:45 PM
||- - Shaka   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Jun 18 2006, 10:45 AM) ...   Jun 18 2006, 10:32 PM
||- - chris   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Jun 18 2006, 09:45 PM) ...   Jun 19 2006, 08:31 AM
|- - DEChengst   QUOTE (djellison @ Jun 18 2006, 10:02 PM)...   Jun 19 2006, 03:39 PM
|- - climber   [quote name='DEChengst' date='Jun 19 2...   Jun 19 2006, 06:35 PM
|- - tedstryk   Sounds interesting. I am originally from Bristol,...   Jun 20 2006, 02:10 PM
- - climber   "Le Mans 24h" will turn to be called ...   Jun 19 2006, 08:50 AM
- - ljk4-1   I can understand the excitement of being *in* such...   Jun 19 2006, 04:00 PM
|- - climber   [quote name='ljk4-1' date='Jun 19 2006...   Jun 20 2006, 12:38 PM
- - RNeuhaus   The MER are so resistant for the marathon race. We...   Jun 20 2006, 02:45 AM
- - ljk4-1   Perhaps a robot race on the Moon or Mars would ent...   Jun 20 2006, 11:45 AM
- - ljk4-1   Monster Truck Rallies on the Moon and Wrestling on...   Jun 20 2006, 01:06 PM
- - Ant103   And a bicycle race on mars? "Biiiiiicycle...   Jun 20 2006, 02:21 PM
|- - climber   [quote name='Ant103' date='Jun 20 2006...   Jun 20 2006, 08:53 PM
- - Shaka   Er...What do I do? What does he need? Would ...   Jun 20 2006, 10:01 PM
- - Ant103   Tout droit? Euh... Oui, of course. I'm fine th...   Jun 21 2006, 07:56 AM
- - Shaka   QUOTE (Ant103 @ Jun 20 2006, 09:56 PM) To...   Jun 21 2006, 08:10 AM
- - mchan   "I'm a rocketship on my way to Mars......   Jun 22 2006, 04:45 AM

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